Art diary – Giulia Maglionico

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Giulia Maglionico (Florence, 1977) by 13sedicesimi, a fusion of art and publishing for an exclusive hand-made in Italy collaboration.

Ironic and irreverent artist who moves between pop and street language, proposes a new reinterpretation of the highly topical phenomenon of violence against women. The title of the #Youtoo series intends to paraphrase the #metoo movement with a strong media reference to the hashtag that has now become viral.

Marilyn, pop beauty icon par excellence, is the protagonist of the work “You too men_Marilyn”, in which the sagacity of the provocative gesture of the middle finger returns in the written sentences that declare the artist’s desire to move on the border of urban graffiti. “Mona Lisa”, “The girl with a pearl earring”, “Frida kahlo” present a battered woman who has suffered violence. The black eye affects the famous gaze of the portraits.

Francesca Baboni